Kolkata panchang, 23 March 2026
Sunrise 05:39 Sunset 17:47 Moonrise 08:25 Chaitra month
Kolkata, West Bengal, India · 22.56°, 88.36° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
05:39 to 17:47- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:10 – 08:41
- Yamaganda 10:12 – 11:43
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:19 – 12:07
- Durmuhurta 12:07 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta 14:33 – 15:21
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
Night
17:47 to 05:38 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:47 – 20:09
- Brahma Muhurta 04:03 – 04:50 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Panchami until 18:38
- Nakshatra Krittika until 20:49 · lord Sun
- Yoga Vishkambha until 12:22
- Karana Bava until 07:57, then Balava
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Taurus Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:57 Karana becomes Balava
- 12:22 Yoga becomes Priti
- 18:38 Tithi becomes Shukla Shashthi
- 18:38 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 20:49 Nakshatra becomes Rohini
- 05:22 next day Karana becomes Taitila
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:10 – 08:41
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:12 – 11:43
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:07 – 12:56
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:14 – 14:45
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:33 – 15:21
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:04 – 04:51
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:19 – 12:07
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:47 – 20:09
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 20:49 – 05:38 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 20:49 – 05:38 next day
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 05:39 – 07:10 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:10 – 08:41 | Bad |
| Shubh | 08:41 – 10:12 | Good |
| Rog | 10:12 – 11:43 | Bad |
| Udveg | 11:43 – 13:14 | Bad |
| Char | 13:14 – 14:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 14:45 – 16:16 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:16 – 17:47 | Good |
| Char | 17:47 – 19:16 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:16 – 20:45 | Bad |
| Kaal | 20:45 – 22:14 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:14 – 23:42 | Good |
| Udveg | 23:42 – 01:11 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:11 – 02:40 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 02:40 – 04:09 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:09 – 05:38 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:40 NowJupiter
- 08:41 NowMars
- 09:41 NowSun
- 10:42 NowVenus
- 11:43 NowMercury
- 12:44 NowMoon
- 13:44 NowSaturn
- 14:45 NowJupiter
- 15:46 NowMars
- 16:46 NowSun
- 17:47 NowVenus
- 18:46 NowMercury
- 19:46 NowMoon
- 20:45 NowSaturn
- 21:44 NowJupiter
- 22:43 NowMars
- 23:42 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:42 NowVenus
- 01:41 NowMercury
- 02:40 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:38 NowJupiter
- 05:39 NowMoon
- 06:39 NowSaturn
- 07:39 NowJupiter
- 08:39 NowMars
- 09:39 NowSun
- 10:39 NowVenus
- 11:39 NowMercury
- 12:39 NowMoon
- 13:39 NowSaturn
- 14:39 NowJupiter
- 15:39 NowMars
- 16:39 NowSun
- 17:39 NowVenus
- 18:39 NowMercury
- 19:39 NowMoon
- 20:39 NowSaturn
- 21:39 NowJupiter
- 22:39 NowMars
- 23:39 NowSun
- Next day
- 00:39 NowVenus
- 01:39 NowMercury
- 02:39 NowMoon
- 03:39 NowSaturn
- 04:39 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:04 – 05:17 Aquarius
- 05:17 – 06:48 Pisces
- 06:48 – 08:28 Aries
- 08:28 – 10:27 Taurus
- 10:27 – 12:40 Gemini
- 12:40 – 14:56 Cancer
- 14:56 – 17:07 Leo
- 17:07 – 19:17 Virgo
- 19:17 – 21:31 Libra
- 21:31 – 23:47 Scorpio
- 23:47 – 01:52 next day Sagittarius
- 01:52 – 03:39 next day Capricorn
- 03:39 – 05:13 next day Aquarius
- 05:13 – 05:38 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method